By Felix Kuyinu
A suit against eleven Distribution Companies, DisCos, at the Federal High Court in Ikeja, Lagos on account of a hike in electricity tariff has been dismissed.
The court held that the suit by the petitioners, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, is an abuse of court process, as disclosed on Wednesday by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.
The court ruled that the suit is a disregard to the provisions of Section 51 of the Electricity Act 2023.
A statement by NERC reads: “The court considered the arguments adduced by the parties and delivered a well-considered judgment on 7 October 2024 by ruling that MAN’s suit was an abuse of court process being premature and without due regard to the provisions of section 51 of the Electricity Act 2023.
“The court also held that MAN’s case disclosed no reasonable cause of action and that by having not exhausted the internal mechanism of resolution of disputes, that the suit was not instituted with due process of law and consequently struck out the case.”
MAN is yet to comment on the ruling.
